Hook and eye



L. GUTIEKUNST HOOK AND EYE Filed June 15, 1926 TORNEY.

LONG HUGE AND COMFPAN'Y, D18 LPOEATION Uh JPENNEEEEUVAL'HA.

PHILADELPHIA, IETJKTNS'ETLVANIA, A COR- iaoon nun nan.

Application filed June to,

' is to provide an improved and novel construction of metal fastening or anchoring means for securing the hooks of a hook and eye tapestructure to the tape constituting one element of said structure.

lit also is an object of the invention to provide an anchoring device of novel construction including means whereby the prongs or projections thereof which engage the hooks are not liable to cut through the fabric and thereby permit separation of the book from the tape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metal fastening means for securing garment hooks to fabric such as a tape adapted for use as a part of a hook and eye tape structure, in which the said means is pro vided with a base of relatively large area which is adapted to be located upon the op posite side of the fabric from that on which the hook is located and which is provided with means for engaging the hook at a plurality of points to eiliciently and permanently secure said hook to the fabric.

To these and other ends the invention cornprehends the construction as hereinafter described. in detail, particularly pointed out in the claims and as illustrated in the drawing in which I have shown one form of a convenient embodiment of the said invention. ll-lowever, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other forms of construction than that shown and that changes in the details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the principle of the invention.

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by metallic fastening means embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 a view in plan of the opposite side of the said tape section showing the base portion of the said fastening means;

. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 except that the bill portion of the hook which is shown in l is cut away so as to 3113058 certain prongs of the fastening means in engagement with the opposite sides of the shank portion of the hook;

Fig. 4-, is sectional view taken on the line ji li d:

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of h1g1 3; and

Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the fastening means showing certain of the projections thereof which are adapted to be bent to form prongs for engagement with the shank portions of hooks.

lUpon reference to the drawing it will be noted that l have shown a section of tape 1 or other fabric upon which is mounted agarment hook 2. The said hook is secured in position by means of a fastening device of novel construction embodying my invention. The said fasteningdevi-ee comprises a sheet of metal of "it-shape including the stem portion 3 and a cross-wise extending portion 4:. At its out or end the stem is provided with projections 5 which extend in opposite directions as shown in Fig. 6 which are adapted to be bent upwardly, as best indicated in lFigs. d and 5, in which position they are adapted to be in serted'through the fabric 1. The width of the stem portion 3 is substantially the same as the width of the shank portion of the garment hook with which the bent-over ends i of the prongs 5 are adapted to engage. llt

' will be noted that the "if-shaped fastening device is located upon the opposite side of the fabric 1 from that on which the hook 2 is located. 'lhe cross-wise extending portion 4 of the fastening device is provided with tubular projections 10 which are adapted to project through the fabric 1 and also through the fastening eyes 11 of the hook. Having been inserted througl'i the fabric and through the eyes these tubular projections are upset in known manner, as indicated at 12. lit will beseen. therefore, that the hook is secured to the fabric not only at the extreme outer or "car end i at th v would arise from the frequent detaching of] dentally disconnected from the fastening means, The result, therefore, is that the hooks, when fastened upon a fabric such as one of the tape members of a hook and eye tape structure, are not liable to become accidentally disconnected from the said tape.

Tape structures of the character referred to are employed for many purposes, but one of the principle uses thereof is as a fastening means for openings of brassieres, corsets and the like. It is important, therefore, that the fastening means for securing the hooks in place shall be of a character to permanently and securely hold the hooks to the tapes so thatthere shall not be the annoyance which a hook from the tape, Whether hile in use .or at some other time, as when the garment is being laundered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a hook and eye tape structure, means {for fastening garment hooks to tape includ- I ing a metallic member having a surfaceex- I tent, substantially'equal to that of the shank portions of the hooks, which member is provided with projections which are adapted to engage the fastening eyes of a garment hook, and also having means adjacent its opposite end for engaging the shank portions of the said hooks.

2. Means for fastening garment hooks to textile fabric, Which comprises a. metal plate member of T-shape and of an area substantially equal to that of the shanks of the hooks, the cross-wise portion of the said mcmher being provided with tubular projections, and the'stem portion of said member being provided with prongs, the said projections and prongs being adapted to pass through the said fabric and to engage the said garn'icnt hooks upon opposite sides of the said fabric.

A hook tape, comprising metallic fastening means for securing the hooks on said tape, each of said fastening means compris ing a. sheet metal member of T-shapc, the cross-Wise extending portion of said memher having hollow tubular projections ex tending at right angles to the plane of said member, and the outer end of the stem of said T-shapcd member having projections at the opposite edges thereof, the said tubular projections and the projections at the outer end of the stem of the said member being adapted to project through the said tape and to engage a hook member of a hook and eye fastening device at the outer end of the shank portion thereof and at points adjacent the bond between the shank and bill portions re spectively, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto signed my name this 11th day of June, A. D., 1926.

LEONARD GUTEKUNST. 

